Vesper Daisy Harlyn Owen

Harry married Naomi Dorothy Kerr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MVO, OBE, Royal Green Jackets. Elder son of Denis Gordon Owen of Rhodesia. Educated at Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo, Rhodesia, and RMA, Sandhurst.

Studied law on leaving school and in 1961 joined the Federal Army of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Rhodesian African Rifles, 1963. Appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Rhodesia, His Excellency Sir Humphrey Gibbs, 1965. Resigned his commission shortly after Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence and remained at Government House until February 1969 when he went to England. June 1969 commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets. 1974 graduated from the Staff College and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in Nov. 1978. Has served with his regiment and on
the staff in England, West Germany, Northern Ireland and Cyprus.

Member of the Victorian Order 1969. Order of the British Empire 1980. He holds the General Service Medal (GSM) (Northern Ireland) and United Nations Peace-keeping Medal (Cyprus).

Died:
Age: 66

Christopher married Lucia Elizabeth Purvis [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Denis married Kathleen Lillian Hammond. Kathleen was born on 6 Apr 1916 in Salisbury, (Southern Rhodesia) Zimbabwe; died on 1 Mar 1999 in Beckenham, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Arrival: 16 Jun 1930, Southampton, Hampshire; Proposed address: Preston Hall, Stockton on Tees, Durham
• Residence: 1939, St Marylebone, London; 152 Harley Street and at: Chathow, Radlett, Herts.
• Residence: 1947, The Bluff, Chinnor Hill, Oxfordshire; Medical Register. He qualified in 1927 from the Univ. of Durham.

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Son of the Rev. John Bremner Purvis, Rural Dean of Bridlington, Northumberland. Educated at Grammar School, Stockton-on-Tees, BM., BS (Durham 1927), DO (Oxon) 1930, DOMS (London) 1930.

1921 Head of School, Stockton-on-Tees Grammar School. At Durham University Anatomy & Histology Prizeman 1923 & 24; Demonstrator in Anatomy 1924; President, College of Medicine Medical Soc. 1926; Clinical Assistant Ryhope Asylum 1926; M.B., B.S., 1927. Ship's Surgeon, Blue Funnel Line 1927; General Practice, Middleton St. George, 1928; Clinical Assistant, Oxford Eye Hosp. 1930. Diploma in Ophthalmology, Oxford 1932; First Assistant Moorfields Eye Hosp. 1933; D.O.M.S. (London Univ.) 1933; Clinical Assistant Middlesex Hosp. 1934. E.M.S. Surgeon, Moorfields Eye Hospital 1939; Registrar, Moorfields Eye Hosp. 1942; Lecturer Optics Anatomy & Physiology, Moorfields, 1942; Lecturer Optics University Oxford, 1946. Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon Peace Memorial Hospital, Watford, 1946; Hon. Ophthalmic Surgeon, Royal Caledonian Schools, 1946; Consultant Surgeon, Oxford Eye Hosp. & Clinical Lecturer Oxford University 1947; Consultant Surgeon Oxford Regional Hospital Board 1947.

Hon. Secretary Ophthalmic Section, Royal Society Medicine 1944; Member of Council Ophthalmological Society of the U.K. 1945; Member of Council & Appointments Committee, National Ophthalmic Treatment Board 1949-72; (Chairman, 1966-72). Member Ophthalmic Group Committee B.M.A. 1949-72. Inventor Streak Retinoscope 1943; produced first cinema film of Retinoscopy 1944. Contributor to the Transactions of the Ophthalmological Society U.K 1947-66.

Two children by his first marriage: Ian Bremner Purvis born 28 September 1933, and Julia Mackay Purvis born 13 January 1937.

Interests: Oil painting.

Victor married Joanna Isabel Gibbs on 1 Oct 1945 in Chelsea, London. Joanna (daughter of Canon Reginald Gibbs and Lucia McCausland) was born on 29 Aug 1907 in Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; died on 14 Nov 1995 in Winchester, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Departure: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
• Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire; Relation to Head of House: Daughter
• Arrival: 18 Sep 1933, Southampton, Hampshire; Proposed address: Aldenham Vicarage, Watford, Herts - Residence Southern Rhodesia: Occupation: Painter. Also Thomas Reginald Gibbs - brother - Occupation: Missionary - 4 years older - previous residence Northern Rhodesia.

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Younger twin of Bridget. Baptised at Clifton Hampden 22 September 1907. Educated at St. Helen's School, Abingdon, 1918-25.

Art Student at Lucy Kemp Welsh Art School, Bushey, Herts. Heatherley's Art School, London; and Chelsea Polytechnic. Worked in the Admiralty O.D.5. Division 1941-45.

Interests: Painting.

Died 14 November 1995.